Re: Laptop Serial Adaptor

[Sean Sokoly <sokolyalarms@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob La Londe wrote:
> Ok.. we had a conversation on here the other day about the fact that most
> new laptops don't have serial ports.  There are USB serial adaptors (I have
> one) but I hear they don't work with all software.  I currently use a couple
> old Toshiba laptops I got from usedlaptops.com several years ago that do
> have serial ports, but I got to thinking about options.
>
> Somebody mentioned that there are PCMCIA to serial cards so I checked one of
> my vendors and found this one.
> http://www.gocna.com/contents/media/87-513t.jpg
>
> Looks like just the ticket except its relatively expensive at $205.00
>
> Any others out there that might be a little more economical and work well.
> I would really like to start using newer laptops for stuff so that I can
> integrate better laptops with more services in the field.
>
>
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Bob check Ebay. I got a good deal on 1 there for far less than $205.00,
also shop around for a Single RS232 rather than that double. Look around
for Socket I/O they are more reasonable.